Sadfish how long did it take to get the power supply, from the time you shipped it till the time it got back? Just curious.

How are things going for you Patrock and John, and any others?

randy

ORIGINAL: randy

Hi Wayne, is that the only FireWire port on the computer?
Do you have another FireWire device that you could check the port with to make sure that it works?
When you uninstall the multimix does the Device Manager show the FireWire port and that it is working, no Question mark or Red X etc. on the listing in the Device Manager?
Does the power show to be on on the MultiMix, have you checked the FireWire cable - it could be bad?

Just some things to look at, post back.

randy

yes that's the only firewire port. i don't have any other firewire devices that i could check with..
there is no question mark, red x or any other signs that would indicate a problem.

it worked before saturday, at least the pc recognized the multimix.
i mean, i did have problems before, that's why i'm writing in this forum. but not like this..

i've also tried another cable, but that doesn't seem to be it...

it's like the firewire port was deactivated...
but the device manager says it's on and ready to use...


Texas Instruments OHCI - IEEE 1394 Bus-Hostcontroller => this is it, right?



i have no idea, may be i'm gonna try and see if i can get some other device to check...


thanks for the tips, though.

i swear to god, i'm so close to bringing this piece of sh*t back to the store..
wish i'd chosen another one.. anybody heard of similar problems with a mackie onyx??


regards

Wayne

There are two FireWire ports on the back of the multimix, try both.

randy

ORIGINAL: randy

Sadfish how long did it take to get the power supply, from the time you shipped it till the time it got back? Just curious.

How are things going for you Patrock and John, and any others?

randy

it took about 10 days for them to send the new power supply.

Of course this seems to have the reason it wasn't working and is clearly a problem they've had before as they said straight away don't send the whole unit back we'll just send a new PSU out.

I have a MultiMix16 FireWire going into the FireWire port on the back of an Audigy 2 ZS, which is a 1394a port. I am using Sonar 4 Producer edition with it. Running Win XP Pro, SP2, always updated with most current patches.

I’ve had this unit since January, and read all the posts here ~before~ I bought the unit, so the first thing I did was get the new drivers and firmware installed.

No problem getting the unit up and running with the ASIO drivers, and I’ve been using it non-stop since. Along the way I’ve had issues with the occasional dropouts in playback (interesting, it will still record without a hiccup even though the mix playback stops) and driver tweaking, but I’ve found a few things make a big difference on my system:

1) Before I start a session, I will shut the PC completely off and re-start it.
(This PC is shared, and I’ve noticed after a some FPS games have been played ~something~ changes in the system.)

2) Disable virus scanner.
The scanner hooks into the OS and slows it down, and if you are unfortunate enough to need the “On Access Scan” set (meaning those of us with teenager girls who live their lives on AIM and seem to click on every piece of crap that pops up on their screen) it will look at your files whenever they are touched. Sonar is constantly modifying audio files. (It has to.)

3) Shut down every program in the tray area,

4) <Ctrl><Alt><Del>, click on “Processes” and shut down all unneeded tasks.
For me, this is OpWare (for my scanner), iTunesHelper (I removed it from startup, but it returns every time there is an update from iTunes), McAfee updater service, and a few other programming tools I usually have running on my machine. It is good to know what is necessary, and what is fluff. Go to:
http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintaskspro/processlibrary/ for information on all the processes you see listed on your PC.

5) Turn on the MultiMix and wait for the <DING!> from Windows telling me it has loaded the driver and is ready to go.

6) Start SONAR

So far, my system has been pretty stable. I do still occasionally get a minor dropout (on the order of a few milliseconds) on during playback, but recording (even during a dropout) is flawless, and mixdowns are flawless.

Hope this helps people just getting started with this!

HI I have similar problem to patrock + co(only one set of drivers installs, as a result it doesn't show up as an audio output or input device). I've been in touch with alesis who so far have told me to reinstall which I've already been doing enough times. has anyone found a way to resolve that?

Im on sp2 and dont have the 885222 fix on at the moment. the texus firewire card is 1394a according to device manager. Its only got the one 400 port on it, but I've tried both on the mixer.

Sure there must be an easyish way to fool windows to get the other drivers to load, does anyone know what it is though!.

Recon its a bit weird if a power supply problem could stop 3 out of 4 drivers loading every time, is it likely to be that, or is the power supply more to do with the intermediate problems also reported here? Its a bit confusing as there are some many things mentioned! Is there any easy way to tell if the power supply is bad? The mixer seems to work fine as a mixer just the firewire im having problems with.

ta dave.

Hi Dave,
Are you showing the drivers in the Device Manager and in the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel?

randy

HI the multimix program (I assume this is control panel) shows in programs, and under system>hardware>device manager it shows the multimix in the sound video game controller category. The drivers loaded to that are diceasio.dll and dice1394.sys.

However it doesn't show as an audio device under control panel>sound>audio nor is it seen as an input or device from cubase so cant use it?

Can you tell me what drivers should be loaded are there more than the two I got?

Ta Dave.

Ps in the above I meant in case it wasnt clear. In controlpanel>add/remove program the mulitimix program is shown. I assume that means the multimix control panel utility.

ta dg.

Okay. I've been reading through these posts in agony while experiencing all the same issues regarding NOT getting 4 drivers to install (just the Multimix Audio). I updated to the newest drivers blah blah...follewed directions blah blah. NOthing!

And then...

1. With the Multi 16 turned on (after failed driver install) I opened the Alesis control panel and checked "Enable WDM Audio" which was previously UNchecked.

2. The moment I did this Win Installer notified me of "New Device Found" for ALL three missing drivers and installed them.


HOWEVER....

With the drivers installed I opened up Sonar and Sonar shows ASIO Multimix (9 in, 1 out) with an arrow, but when I highlight the arrow nothing happens...no chioces for channels, etc.

This is for new projects as well as another one previously recorded.

Any takers on this one??

Thanks in advance.